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Veterans who come in often are concerned
that they've been trying to push away memories for a long time,
and they don't like thinking about them.
It makes them feel bad,
and it makes them feel nervous and afraid.
But in reality, there's nothing dangerous about a memory.
A memory can't actually hurt somebody.
It can make you feel bad, right?
But that's temporary.
Actually being hurt by or being in danger
from a memory just isn't possible.
So sitting in a safe space with a doctor or a therapist
and being able to talk about what you've been
through is not actually dangerous.
And it takes a bit of time,
but over a course of several weeks,
the memory becomes less intense and less powerful
when one can sit and talk about it.
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